The story of how images of Roman autocrats have influenced art, culture, and the representation of power for more than 2,000 years. What does the face of power look like? Who gets commemorated in art and why? And how do we react to statues of politicians we deplore?
Early Hellenistic portraiture: image, style, context
This is an inspiring book of conceptual starting points and invaluable technical tips for anyone, novice or professional, who wants to take top-notch pictures of people. The book distils portrait photography into seven subject areas, including 'Composition', 'The Gaze' and 'The …
Photographer and author Jeff Rojas has created a book about photographing women. Unlike many other books on the market that focus on photographing women - which are often just a collection of images that show different posing and lighting setups - in "Photographing Women", Jeff …
The self-portrait has become a model of what art is: the artwork is the image of its maker, and understanding the work means recovering from it an original vision of the artist. In this ground-breaking work, Joseph Leo Koerner analyzes the historical origin of this model in the …
Takes the photographer through all of the possibilities they might use to bring out their subject's inner self, from getting to know a subject to tips on how to direct them as well as a complete guide to creating digital masterpieces.
SelfPortraiture has long been one of the most important genres in fine art, and as photographers like Cindy Sherman and Nan Goldin demonstrate, offers unique possibilities for the creative photographer, too. The digital age and in particular, the photosharing site flickr has ope…
Joey lifts the curtain on his dramatic, creatively fearless approach to portraiture, sharing his personal philosophy and a behind-the-scenes look at 15 striking photo sessions"--Cover flap
